You can always use the history to go back if you don’t like the result. If you can do more in Photoshop to improve the photo definitely have at it – some saturation might help and curves if you know how to use it. Try auto levels and apply a little unsharp mask. You will end up with a 5 X 7 file of probably about 300 PPI according to the size of the original. Crop the photo and it will keep the proportions to 5 X 7 which is hard to do in any other program. Do NOT put anything in the resolution window. Select the crop tool and set 5 X 7 inches in the spaces along the top of the screen. Just make sure neither dimension is smaller than 5 or 7.Īnother way would be to just scan the original at 1200 PPI into Photoshop. It doesn’t have to be exact if you are taking it to Wal-Mart as they will shave a little off whichever dimension is too fat. You might have to crop a little if the original doesn’t have exactly the same proportions as 5 X 7. I would use the Silverfast driver rather than the Epson driver as it usually gives better color reproduction. It will actually scan the smaller photo at a higher resolution than 300 PPI to give you a final image of 5 X 7 at 300 PPI. If you want a 5 X 7 you can just set that as your output size and set the resolution for 300 PPI. Your scanner controls should allow you to specify an output size and resolution. Printing an intermediate size and scanning again is not a good idea. Photos don’t have over 300 DPI of information but scan at a higher resolution anyway since it will do as good a job as anything at adding the pixels you need to get a decent print. I don’t agree that you have to buy anything. If I go over 400 on my scans the picture degrades,īut I can scan a 4 x 6 and print 8 x 10 if the original is sharp. Which scanner do you have if I might ask. The picture you showed you scaned with a flat bed at 600ĭpi. Funny, I work with high end production scanners but I wish I had more to add, but am not a huge consumer That's fine for me as I really just want to I would buy it again in a 600dpi version if itģ00dpi allows me to get the same and slightly larger prints withoutĪny/minimal loss. I didn't want a large flatbed taking up all that room on myĬomputer center. Older photos I have an a small HP 300dpi photo scanner. I am such a newbie to all this.Īctually the scan I posted was only 300dpi. do I crop or do I tell it in the Image Size or Canvas size category? Thanks for your help. On other question if I get a scan that's say 4 x the original ((they are as yours are my daughters school pics from grade school days.now pink and 22 years old.)) question: How do I tell photoshop to set the new size as 5x7.
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